Before you install ConsoleOne, make sure your Linux workstation meets Novell's minimum system requirements. Novell recommends that your Linux workstation be running one of the following Linux distributions:
- Red Hat 6.x
- Red Hat 7.x
- Caldera eServer 2.3
- Caldera eDesktop 2.4
- Caldera OpenLinux 3.1
ConsoleOne For Linux may work on other distributions, but these are the only ones Novell has tested. Additionally, Novell recommends that your Linux workstation's CPU run at 200 MHz or faster. The workstation should also have 128 MB of RAM and 38 MB of free disk space. ConsoleOne 1.3.3 is a graphical application, so you must be running KDE, GNOME, or some other window manager at a minimum resolution of 800 x 600 with 256 colors. Finally, you must run Java 1.3 or later on your Linux workstation. If you don't have Java installed on your Linux workstation yet, don't panic. Novell includes IBM's Java 1.3 runtime with ConsoleOne 1.3.3 For Linux. After you've made sure that your workstation is capable of running ConsoleOne, you can install it. You can install ConsoleOne only as a user logged in to the Linux workstation with root permissions. To switch to root, type su - at your workstation's command prompt and press [Enter]. You'll notice the command prompt change, displaying your /root directory rather than the temporary directory you were just in. Next, change directories to ConsoleOne's installation directory. To do so, type cd /temppath/Console1/Linux, where temppath is the full path of your temporary directory, and press [Enter]. Begin ConsoleOne's installation routine by typing ./c1_install and pressing [Enter]. As you can see in Figure A, ConsoleOne For Linux doesn't have a snazzy GUI installation routine like ConsoleOne For Windows. Instead, you'll see a no-nonsense text menu. This text menu interface will carry through for the entire installation.
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| ConsoleOne For Linux doesn't have a graphical installation wizard. |
- ICE Snap-in -- This allows ConsoleOne to work with Novell's Import/Convert/Export utility to transfer objects to and from LDIF-formatted directories.
- Index Manager Snap-in -- This lets you use Index Manager to index NDS objects.
- LDAP Snap-in -- This allows you to control Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) objects in NDS.
- SLP Snap-in -- This lets you configure and control SLP on your network.
- WAN Manager Snap-in -- This allows ConsoleOne to work with WAN Traffic Manager NDS objects.
- PKI Snap-in -- This allows ConsoleOne to work with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) objects in NDS.
- Filtered Replica Snap-in -- This lets ConsoleOne work with eDirectory 8.5's new filtered replicas.
If hard drive space on your workstation is tight or you don't use a particular function on your network, you can choose not to install it. Unfortunately, the only way you can exclude a snap-in is by typing the numbers of only the snap-ins you do want to include, not separated by spaces or commas, and then pressing [Enter]. If you don't want to install any of the additional snap-ins, press 0 (zero) and then press [Enter]. To install all the snap-ins, which is the choice I'll make for this Daily Drill Down, press 8 and then press [Enter]. Next, the installation program will ask if you want to install ConsoleOne's Java Runtime Environment. You must have a version of Java, specifically Java 1.3 or later, installed on your Linux workstation for ConsoleOne to run. IBM's Java 1.3 Runtime is installed by c1-install. If you have a Java runtime installed that you're sure will work with ConsoleOne, press N and press [Enter]. Red Hat 7.1 doesn't install a Java runtime, so I'll press Y to install the runtime and then press [Enter] to continue.
